The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-07
guests. and will be provided with anything they
desire to eat at my expense"
where did you send the bombs for examina-


tioni"
That don't care to say will tell you the
result of the investigation tomorrow"
Is there any significance in the distribution
OF the men in the new cells-Spies, FIelden and
Schwab being allowed to remain the second
tier, and the others placed under closer eusrdF'
''None whatever. The new disposition of the
men was the result of accident First come
first served"
''Will any extra guards be placed over them2"
YES sir. AS said, the time has come to
take every possible precaution. They will be
strongly guarded, night and day. and special
man will watch each of the prisoners from this
time forward"
The sheriff walked into the jai-yard and there
met Captain Schaack, who entered through the
Criminal Court building. The two officials
walked into obscure corner of the yard and
had long consultation. What the topic OF
suit OF the interview could not be ascer
tanned, but soon after the police guard in the
upper floor were called to attention and given
long talk before they were drilled.
Outside of the great sensation of the day,
thiEgs were quiet around the Jail There
an air of mystery all morning, which was not
explained before o'clock. Admittauce was de-
MED to svsry one. Reporters vigorously
and Mrs. Engei brought over baskets containing
dinner for the loved prisoners and left them at
the door leading to the courtyard.
Linggs girl. the pretty Ida Mueller, came over
with basket for Lingg and it, too, was left at
the door. About this time Sheriff Matson, ac-
companied by Chief Deputy Gleason, left the
Jail yard by the small gate, and were closely
pursued by q small army of reporters But they
disappeared, and were not found until half an
hour later. when they said that there was moth
ing Of consequence except a general cleaning up
In the jail But the air of mystery which per-
vaded everything could be felt, IL was thick,
and the sheriffs denial was not very reassuring
A reporter caught deputy who let drop an in
advertent remark. It was nothing of i'm
portance, but the idea gained credence that
Parsons and Lingg had concealed some poison
in their cells, and it had been discovered. This
the sheriff subsequently denied, and for long
time stuck to the story that nothing was wrong
At o'clock the reporters were admitted the
jail. and found the same air of mystery. None
of the deputies knew anything, but they were
omnipresent. Fully dozen inside the
grating in the cell-rooms aud half dozen paced
restlessly around the Office.
The baskets brought by the friends OF the
prisoners not taken into the Jail, and one
brought by Mrs. Van Zandt in person for August
Spies met with a similar fate, and sent
back to the sender A messenger boy brought
dispatch for Spies, which the sheriff opened and
read, and then sent to the prisoner. He would
not cay what the dispatch contained or who it
was from, but said that IL contained nothing of
q seditious character.
Enge was sick all night, and was unable to
partake of anything but cup OF coffee to-day.
The others were in excellent health, however,
and, not receiving any dinner until 2 o'clock,
asked eagerly for their midday meal, and showed
good appetites when they did receive IL The
prisoners took the change Of quarters quite a
matter of course and read, wrote and smoked
as though nothing unusual was going
The news of the finding of the bombs spread
like wildfire A universal reaction of the am
49, IL
Hundreds of citizensswho had signed the petition
for clemency regretted their action, and wished
they had never appended their names to the
paDer
Twenty Of tre officers OF the central detail
y ass in the sqnad-roon when reporter entered
apditold them the news. Instantly there was
storm OF indignation. The word "bombs"
called to them the scenes of the Haymarket.
and there .vas but one expression of comment
on the subject One lieutenant sarcastcsily re-
marked. ''Well, they ought to pardon Lingg,
anyway"
The general opinion around the police stations
that whatever might be the fate Of the
others. Linggs doom was sealed, and he would
have to go to the gaows. 1t is doubtful if the
condemned men will longer be allowed to enjoy
sne 70 OF G aher 3hay Ps
columns might easily be utilized means of
communication in cipher between them and out
siders, and in all probability they will be de-
prived of their principal pleasure.
When States Attorney Grinnell heard of the
discovery of bombs IN Lingg's cell he was in
cenSure
vigilance, and began to conjecture how the
bombs could have been smuggled in. He was
inclined concur in the theory Of the Jail depu
ties, that the who has been visiting
Lingg found m cans to convey the bombs to him.
He said that il the bombs found in Lingg's cell
correspond with the pine bombs produced in
the trial they much more deadly and de-
structive than the round bonn bs, and were suffi-
cient, he thought, TO have blown the interior of
the Jail to atoms.
The excitement attending the finding Of the
bombs extended to Mayor Roche and Chief of
Police Ebersold. both of whom spent several
hours on the North Side this evening. They
visited the jail first and then took a turn
through the upper floors OF the Criminal Court
building, where the quarters of the police are.
There they went back to the Jail and had
long consultation with the sheriff which re-
suited in Chief Ebersold ordering two more
COMPANIES Of men to join the two already
guard.
who assisted Lineg to get the deadly missiles
past the guards in the cage is. to some extent,
a matter of conjecture. but just at present John
Won Plinsky and John Vetter Rivas we'll
known socialistic characters, are under arrest
for lettering around Chicago avenue station at
late hour last night The police say that Won
Plinsky was trying either to peer into of
the ceil-room windows from the alley or trying
to break it open, they could not tell
which, they caught him before he had
chance to carry any design he may have had into
effect Rvas was standing near the entrance
to the alley, as IL waiting for the approach of
pollcemen Won Plnsky was locked up seven
eight weeks ago for larceny, but dis
missed late Saturday afternoon, whom the grand
jury returned mo bill" against him. The Jail
officers say that Won Pinsky and Linge were
more less intimate during the formers incar-
ceration A story was current tonight that
Rivas was the who had Won Pliusky
arrested, aud that he had failed to materialze
before the grand jury. The theory advanced is
that Rivas purposey obtained Won Pnsky's
rest, so that he might be near Lingg Detectives
tried tonight to find Lingg's two sweethearts,
but were unable to locate them. The police do
not think that either of them had anything to do
with getting the bombs into the jail but would
like TO have talk with them.
Captain Schaack's Theory.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6.-The bombs were placed in
the hands of Captain Setback for examination.
and that officer reported that they appeared to
have been designed for use hy some of the con